Gay and Lesbian Organizations Collection, 1972-1996

Overview of the Collection

Title

Gay and Lesbian Organizations
Collection

Dates

1972-1996 (inclusive)

19191970

Quantity

1.5 cubic feet , (2 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

Collection Number

Mss
2988-4

Summary

Items include flyers, brochures, press
releases, programs, and miscellaneous items for a variety of gay and lesbian
organizations, mainly in the Portland, Oregon, area, with a small amount of
information from Seattle.

Items include flyers, brochures, press releases, programs, and
miscellaneous items for a variety of gay and lesbian organizations, mainly in
the area of Portland, Oregon, with a small amount of information from Seattle.
Included is an organizing manual for the group RATS (Radical Activist Truth
Squad), which later merged with ACTUP/Portland. The organizations deal mainly
with civil rights and AIDS issues, but also included is information on the
Portland Gay Men's Chorus. Some information is included on the Oregon Citizens
Alliance and Measure 9 from 1992, the anti-Gay amendment, as well as the Right
to Privacy PAC and No on 9. See Mss 2988-3 for much more detailed information
on Measure 9.

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.

Includes miscellaneous flyers, press releases, meeting
notes, and other material about the organization. This group formed from a
merger of ACTUP/Portland and RATS (Radical Action Truth Squad).

circa
1992

1/2

ACTUP--General
materials

Includes news clippings, resource lists, flyers, and other
miscellaneous material not easily identifiable as pertaining to a particular
group.

circa
1992

1/3

Educators for Equity mission
statement and membership form

undated

1/4

Equity Foundation
brochure

circa
1991

1/5

Gay Activists Alliance list
of Gay organizations

Listing of organizations (with addresses and telephone
numbers) of Gay and Lesbian organizations throughout the United States.
Includes a number of organizations in Oregon and Washington. Dated February 1,
1973, with errata and addenda dated March 1, 1973.

1973

1/6

Homophobic Violence Reporting
Line and Documentation Project

Report of Lesbian Community Project documenting anti-Gay
harassment and violence in the Portland area, July-December 1981.

1991

1/7

Oregon Citizen Alliance
newspapers

Two undated newspapers of the OCA urging support for Measure
9. (Also see Mss 2988-3, Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9).

Includes miscellaneous flyers, notes, organizational rules,
and other material about the organization (1992-1993). Also includes material
on the Oregon Health Plan, particularly as it relates to AIDS (1990-1992).

Book with listings of bars, bathhouses, and organizations
throughout the United States. Also includes narrative on each state, giving
political and social information related to Gay rights. Includes information on
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Author: John Francis Hunter (New York: Stonehill
Publishing, 1972).

1972

2/9

Homo Alert!!!

Press release regarding Arizona Senator John McCain's speech
to the Oregon Citizens Alliance, August 30, 1993. (Also see Mss 2988-3, Right
to Privacy PAC and No on 9.)

1993

2/10

No on 9--General
materials

Includes flyers and peel-off stickers urging opposition to
Measure 9 and negative flyers about Lon Mabon and Scott Lively, two leaders of
the Oregon Citizens Alliance, the organization promoting Measure 9. (Also see
Mss 1988-3, Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9).

circa
1992

2/11

Oregon Health
Plan

Includes miscellaneous information about the Oregon Health
Plan, mainly as it relates to AIDS.